chi square distribution

chi square distribution

[kī skwar]

a theoretical probability distribution of the sum of the squares of a number (k) of normally distributed variables whose mean is 0 and standard deviation is 1. The parameter k is the number of degrees of freedom. It is widely used for statistical significance in biology and medicine. Also written χ2 distribution.

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